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Senate Bill S6123

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Amends the constitution to allow person who will be 18 years old at the the time of a presidential election to vote in primary election if 17 at the time

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2011-S6123 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4464
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 ยง1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4226, A5110
2013-2014: S4758, A523
2015-2016: S3242, A504
2017-2018: S3979, A3549
2019-2020: S3822, A950
2021-2022: A6913

2011-S6123 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at the the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time of the presidential primary election.

2011-S6123 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6123 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6123

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in
  relation to qualifications of voters

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of  arti-
cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  Section  1.  Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election
for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions  submitted
to  the  vote of the people provided that such citizen is eighteen years
of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of  the
county,  city,  or  village  for thirty days next preceding an election;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A CITIZEN WHO IS SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT  THE  TIME
OF A PRIMARY ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND WHO WILL BE
EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR WHICH SUCH
PRIMARY  ELECTION  IS  HELD  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN SUCH PRIMARY
ELECTION.
  S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89005-01-1

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